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MN
Network Admin at a government with 11-50 employees

We have been supporting three different vendors: HP, ADTRAN, and Juniper. Our environment was getting old. So, we just started replacing things that were ten or eight years old. This year, we're replacing everything so that we're just one shop, and we don't have to support three different vendors. It is tough to support three different OS, so that's why we are finishing others off.

Juniper's GUI interface is a little bit better than most other vendors, but Juniper's command line is tougher than HP. HP has the easiest interface. On an HP switch, you can just write a command, and it automatically knows where to go. Juniper has a very hierarchal kind of structure, and you have to be within that framework of what you're trying to do to make that change. That's why it is a little bit harder. Juniper commands are also a little bit longer, but it is easy to fill out commands by using a question mark or a tab. It'll then auto-fill if you're typing it correctly, which is nice.

Juniper is better in terms of if you make a mistake. When you make a command mistake on HP, you don't necessarily get to know. On Juniper, if you're using a command and you get it all set up, and then you hit commit, it won't commit if there is a syntax error or some other issue. It will tell you that there is an error and you got to fix it. It also tells you what it is, but knowing the commands is the hard part.

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MuhammadBilal2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Networks at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We are using different brands, including Fortinet, Cisco, and Juniper. I also have experience with HP and Aruba.

We are currently using Juniper switch EX4600, EX4300 and Fortinet switch 240 and 148, and some Fortinet 80 and FortiGate firewalls. 

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Thorsten Hansl - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Düsen-Schlick GmbH

I have experience with some other solutions in the past. I don't know why my company switched from some of its previous solutions to Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches.

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FabioCavalcante - PeerSpot reviewer
Gerente de contas nacionais | Delivering innovative solutions that stand out for their excellence at Stoneground

We are a solutions integrator company and we work with different manufacturers, we evaluate which solution is best for the client's intentions.

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Rodoljub Katic - PeerSpot reviewer
Wireless Network Design Engineer at Hyperoptic

We have used Chinese-manufactured equipment. We're working to be less reliant on it. We've used, for example, Huawei. We've also used Cisco.

Huawei has better support. The response time is better. The price is also better, and there is not a complex licensing procedure for Huawei. You can buy two licenses, for example, and they can serve all your needs.

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TarunKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. IT Service Manager at Birdeye Inc.

I have also worked with Meraki.

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Pawel Jenner - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and System Engineer at Netyard

I'm also familiar with Cisco. I prefer Juniper's switches to Cisco. The price is good. 

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DK
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

We were using a solution from Cisco previously, but we were having issues with those, which is one of the reasons that we switched to Juniper. From what I can remember, the Cisco solution was not able to get the throughput that we required. Also, we required the ability to do hot swap-overs of the devices.

One of the main things with Cisco is that any of the changes that you made were instant, whereas, with Juniper, we can actually stage the changes before we apply them. Also, for the Cisco product, it was a really, really expensive product range. 

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

We also use Brocade and Cisco. While Cisco is more stable, it is more expensive as well.

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MH
Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are also working with Cisco Switches. Cisco Switches are more stable in terms of hardware and firmware. rather than Juniper Switches.

We only use these switches, the EX200 and the 20. We didn't use any other products with Juniper.

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JV
Team Leader Solution Specialists at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use many other switches, such as Aruba, Hewlett Packard, and Extreme Networks.

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SR
Senior Technical Director at National Informatics Center

I have used Cisco Ethernet Switches previously and they are very similar to Juniper Ethernet Switches. However, Cisco Ethernet Switches are more stable.

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Mehdi Mamaghani - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company

In our location, there are not so many companies using Juniper Switches. The use of this brand is somewhat limited here because Juniper is not so popular and is unfortunately not as well-known as other product brands. Cisco switches are much more popular and I have used Cisco switches a lot — more than any other brand — for our clients. I also have experience with Tricom Switches and also with Extreme Networks switches and some experience with Fortinet solutions. We could use any of these depending on the client and the situation. As far as switching from one product to another, that is not exactly what we do. Because we are a reseller we have to have various solutions available, so we keep them all as opportunities for our clients as long as we have tested them and they are good solutions.  

When it came to Juniper, while we had other options, we were really interested in checking out the product and examining how the Juniper switches worked in comparison to the other more popular brands. Because our tests and experience with the product confirmed that it was a good option, we have tried to convince our customers to buy the Juniper solution because it is a good solution and works well even if it was not so popular. We somehow have convinced a few clients to agree to buy the Juniper Switches to this point. But even though we are promoting Juniper, most of the time our clients are gravitating to what they are familiar with and that means purchasing Cisco because they think that the Cisco solution is better just because of the name.  

Another reason that the clients would think the Cisco products were better for them is not only because they do not know the Juniper brand name. One of the other main reasons is that a technical people who have experience in working with Juniper devices are much more scarce than technical people who know how to configure Cisco switches. The product and the name might not be the problem but finding technicians who could work with the solution is the problem instead.  

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HR
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We previously used Norton but switched a while ago. 

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FR
Network Engineer at Media Telekomunikasi Mandiri

We did not previously use a different solution.

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D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

We previously used Cisco and Extreme Networks. We switched due to our planned refresh cycle, as well as cost. 

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TL
Network Engineer at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

I've have experience with Cisco, Brocade, Dell, and Foundry Networks, with inheriting an inventory of 150+ Juniper switches and investing time in learning juniper, a more to another vendor is not an option we are considering.

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VS
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd

We use and supply products by many different vendors because we are project-oriented, and not tied to any one particular vendor. Some of the other vendors are Cisco and Huawei.

The licensing costs for Cisco are higher.

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CC
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

We have two other types of switches that we run in our data center. There are Cisco switches to handle a lower capacity, and we also have Extreme switches.

We purchased Extreme switches because we were given a good price at the time. However, it is a little bit harder to work with Extreme.

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Emmanuel Bakare - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Design / Operations Engineer at Zoracom

We loved Cisco but it is expensive and Juniper Ethernet Switches is perfect. It is the perfect placement between price and technology too. For me they always run number one, the switches are very good.

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Joe Renaldy - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Hypernet Indonesia

We switched to Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches for pricing.

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EM
Senior Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

Previously, we were using another solution that was not able to provide a certain aspect in terms of LAN security. That is the reason why we switched to Juniper.

We had another contender, Meraki, which is another Cisco product. In terms of management, monitoring seems better than Juniper.

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AS
Network Administrator at Virtual University

We also deploy Cisco and Aruba switches. Our technical manager makes the decision depending on the price and the organization's needs. 

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FR
Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

I also have experience with Cisco Ethernet switches. I find that Cisco is simpler to work with but Juniper has a steadier configuration. We have more Juniper switches in the company.

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SB
System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Because we are solution providers, we use many different versions.

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it_user1203708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies

We also use HP switches.

I have used Cisco switches, but they do not have a rollback feature after you commit the configuration.

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KE
Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Previously we used Cisco. From my understanding and from what I was told, it was complex, hard to handle, not customer familiar or customer friendly.

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IR
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Previously, we used Cisco. We switched because we run 100 switches and started to use the IPv6 and we were told that we had to pay $100,000 for the IPv6 license.

In Juniper, you will not have this issue because many of the licenses and a lot of software are already included in the basic version.

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AM
External Plant Coordinator with 201-500 employees

We previously used Cisco.

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NV
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

We have only used Juniper.

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DM
IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees

We used HPE Switches before using Juniper Ethernet Switches.

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Buyer's Guide
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.